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Last Word Prince, The
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| Sound recording, story; The Last Word Prince, a Norwegian folk tale told by Sally Pomme Clayton, as part of a performance by The Company of Storytellers at The Madder Market Theatre, Norwich, April 1985. | |
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| Story told by Sally Pomme Clayton, followed by music played by Graham Shimmell on accordian. A prince who always has to have the last word about everything is offered for marriage, along with half the kingdom, to any girl who can shut him up. Three poor sisters try their luck. On their way to the palace the youngest sister collects a dead black bird, a stick, a saucer, some ram's horns and other miscellany from the roadside. When she meets the prince these items provide the subject matter for her retorts to each of his comments, and she succeeds in silencing him. | |
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| audience:- | adult |
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| condition:- | good |
| completeness:- | complete |
| duration:- | 0 hours, 8 minutes, 51 seconds |
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| The Company of Storytellers at this time comprised Ben Haggarty, Hugh Lupton and Sally Pomme Clayton, accompanied by a musician named Graham. This was the first public performance of The Company of Storytellers; it was on this tour in Norwich that the name for the group was decided upon. The tape on which the performance was recorded is marked 'a very good show', by one of the storytellers. | |
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| The Company of Storytellers (C.O.S.T) was formed in March/April 1985 with the expressed aim of performing storytelling for adult audiences. C.O.S.T was actually formed during a tour in East Anglia by Sally Pomme Clayton, Hugh Lupton and Ben Haggarty. The official launch of COST was in 1986 at Common Stock Theatre, London. At this point the members of C.O.S.T were Sally Pomme Clayton, TUUP, Ben Haggarty, Daisy Keable, Hugh Lupton. However TUUP and Daisy Keable did not remain in the group and it is as a trio of storytellers, Ben Haggarty, Hugh Lupton and Sally Pomme Clayton, that C.O.S.T is publicly known. C.O.S.T was disbanded in 1999, but periodically reforms to perform the Three Snake Leaves. The two seminal pieces developed and performed by C.O.S.T were The Three Snake Leaves and I Become Part of It. | |
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| storytelling:- | storytelling group: The Company of Storytellers |
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| storytelling:- |
storyteller: Sally Pomme Clayton female / British |
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musician: Graham Shimmell male |
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| origin:- | Norway, Scandinavia |
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storyteller: Hugh Lupton
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| associated:- |
storyteller: Ben Haggarty
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| administration:- |
administrator: The Company of Storytellers |
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Norwich, Norfolk, England: The Madder Market Theatre
Apr 1985 public performance |
| gift from:- |
storyteller: Hugh Lupton |
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